Receptacle for liquid or powdered soap.



' PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904'; G. s. VON WEDELSTAEDT.

' RBGEPTAOLE FOR LIQUID OR POWDERED SOAP. I w

' APPLIOATION run-n NOV. 4, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

Patented June 7, 1904.

PATENT @FFICE.

GEORGE S. VON VVEDELSTAEDT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RECEPTACLE FOR LIQUID OR POWDERED SOAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,801, dated June *7, 1904.

Application filed November 4, 1902. Serial No. 130,039. (No model.)

To LLZZ whom it petty concern/.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. voNWEDEL- STAEDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for Liquid or Powdered Soap,'of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to receptacles or containers for liquid or powdered soap or other commodities which it is desired to retain and use in limited quantities at various points. It is especially adapted to be utilized in hospitals and operating-rooms where the surgeons, physicians, and attendants are obliged to frequently cleanse the hands and arms of infectious impurities dangerous to the health of those with whom they might come in contact. In such institutions the indiscriminate use of soap by those engaged in surgical work has frequently resulted seriously; but, as will be hereinafter set forth, with my improved receptacle the liability to such contamination is minimized, if not entirely eliminated.

My invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 represents the receptacle as it is set up ready for use, and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the lower partof same with the nozzle a.

valve open.

A is the receptacle proper, provided with a removable cover a and having aconverging In the lower end of this nozzle are cut one or more curved discharge-openings (0 giving it a crenu'late appearance.

B is a plug-shaped valve fitting into the nozzle (0. It is bored through its longitudinal center and tapped to receive the screw-Y threaded valve-stem C, to which is secured the ball or globoid operating-head D. The lock-nut 0 serves to prevent screw C or valvestem from turning during the operation of the "a small portion of soap to escape, the ball is pressed upward against the end of the nozzle, in which position the crenulate end of the nozzle will allow.the soap to flow freely over the surface of the ball, spreading thereover and clinging thereto by the laws of capillarity and surface tension until at its lowest point or apex it reaches the hand of the operator and diffuses thereover, the ball resting meanwhile agai'nsathe salients of the crenulations. When suflicient soap has thus been discharged, the operator removes his pressure on bail D, when the valve B will be seated, as at first described, and the flow of soap checked. The valve-stem C is .of suflicient length to allow of a considerable variation in the travel of the valve B from its seat, and it is evident that by the adjustment of this stem C the stroke of the valve may be so regulated as to permit either a large or small quantity of soap to be discharged in a given time. The sides of the receptacle and nozzle converge to facilitate the discharge of the contents by gravity.

From the foregoing description and accompanying drawings it will be. readily seen that no portion of the contents of the receptacle except that actually used comes in contact with the hands of the user, and, further, that the action of the contents in flowing around the ball is such as to cleanse it from any adhering impurities at each operation, since in accordancewith the laws' above mentioned it forms a complete film over the whole surface of the ball and continues to drip from its lowest point or apex after it is released and the valve closed until the remainder left beneath said valve on itsclosure. its completely exhausted.

Any suitable'material may be used in the construction of the receptacle, valve, or other parts, and the apparatus may be held in place by any desired form of support adapted to maintain it in an upright position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

1. In a receptacle for liquids or powdered solids, the combination with the body, of a converging nozzle at the base thereof, having a erenulate lower edge, a tapering valve for said nozzle, a valve-stem extending from the valve through the discharge-opening, and a globoid operating-head attached to the end of the valve-stem and adapted to be closed up against the salients of the crenulations in opening the valve, and to present a complete unbroken surface for capillary action to the contents in their flow, whereby they form a film thereover and discharge at the lowest point or apex thereof.

2. In a receptacle for liquids or powdered solids, the combination with the body of a converging nozzle at the base thereof having their flow, whereby they form a film thereover and discharge at the lowest point or apex thereof.

3. In a receptacle for liquids or powdered solids, the combination with the body, of a converging nozzle at the base thereof, having a crenulate lower edge, a tapering gravityvalve for said nozzle, exposed to the weight of the contents of said body, a valve-stem extendingdownward from said valve through the discharge-opening of the nozzle, and a globoid head attached to the end of the valve-stem and adapted to be closed up against the salients of the crenulations to open the valve, and to pre sent a complete unbroken surface for capillary action to the contents in their flow, whereby they form a lilm thereover and discharge at the lowest point or apex thereof.

GEORGE S. VON WllllllhS'lAllll'l.

Witnesses:

\VM. H. CLARKE, HENRY CLAY CLARK. 

